(p. 746) bāramukhyā a leading prostitute; (loos.) a courtezan. 14)

(p. 738) bāchana, bāchani1 same as বাছাই । (n.). 6)

(p. 717) banāta broad-cloth; baize. 48)

(p. 794) bōlabōlā fame and power, predominance. 14)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ā same as বেড়া দেওয়া a. enclosing, surrounding (বেড়া আগুন, বেড়াজাল); enclosed, surrounded (বেড়া জায়গা). n. a fence; an enclosure; any object to enclose with. 21)

(p. 737) bāgāna a garden; a pleasure-ground; a grove. আমবাগান n. a mango-grove. কলাবাগান n. a clump of plantain trees. নারকেল বাগান n. a cocount-grove. ফলবাগান n. an orchard. ফুলবাগান n. a flower garden, a flower-bed. সবজিবাগান n. a kitchen garden. বাগান করা v. to garden. বাগানে কাজ করা v. to garden. বাগানের কাজ gardening. 7)

(p. 789) bēśarama shameless, brazen-faced. 20)

(p. 741) bādabāki remaining.

(p. 786) bēdastura contrary to rule or practice, unconventional. 35)

(p. 748) bāsā2 a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa. বাসারিষ্ট n. extract of Justicia gandrussa. 27)

(p. 721) bandēja arrangement; apportionment; distribution; allotment. বন্দেজ করা v. to arrange; to apportion; to distribute; to allot. 2)

(p. 767) birajā (Vaishnava myth.) a river which the souls of the dead have to cross in order to reach Baikuntha (বৈকুন্ঠ) the blissful abode of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃ধাম n. Puri in Orissa. 52)

(p. 758) bidbaṣṭa held in malice, maligned; envied; grudged. 14)

(p. 782) bṛddhi augmentation, increase; growth; development; enlargement; rise (মূল্যবৃদ্ধি); advancement (জাতির শিক্ষাবৃদ্ধি); flourish; (bot.) accrescence; interest on money (চক্রবৃদ্ধি); usury, বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া v. to augment, to increase; to grow up; to develop; to be enlarged, to enlarge; to rise; to advance; to flourish; (bot.) to accrete. ̃কার a. promoting or helping growth. ̃কাল n. the period of growth. মুখ্য বৃদ্ধিকাল (bot.) the grand period of growth. ̃জ a. concerning growth. বৃদ্ধিজ চলন (bot.) a growth movement. ̃জীবী n. a usurer. ̃দশা n. (bot.) a phase of growth. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. enlarged; grown; grown outsize. ̃বিস্তার n. (bot.) distribution of growth. ̃হার n. (bot.) the rate of growth. ̃শীল a. augmentating, increasing; growing; developing; enlarging; rising; advancing; flourishing; (bot.) accrescent. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ n. an obsequial rite in honour of manes (usu. performed on the eve of a marriage-ceremony etc.). 14)

(p. 782) bēgārē available for or rendering corvee service. 68)